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Museum of armoured vehicles Smržovka – Volunteering 2015

Museum of armoured vehicles Smržovka represents the largest private tank collection in the middle Europe. In addition to tanks, numerous pieces of other military vehicles…

Carlson’s Raid On Makin Island – The True Story Of The Raid On Butaritari Island

By: Lars Erik Gill “The most detailed account of the raid ever written.” -Benjamin F. Carson – B Company, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion The few…

KAL-007 – The Boeing 747 Shot Down By Soviet Fighters Over International Waters

Excerpt provided by Randy Luethye, author of the newly released 2nd Edition of “The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed.” It was the…

The Belgian Fortress That Stopped The German Invaders For 11 Days In May 1940 – Fort Aubin-Neufchateau

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Fort d’Aubin-Neufchateau ASBL Fort Aubin-Neufchateau is just 10km from the massive fortress of Eben-Emael. While Eben-Emael…

Battle for the Western Empire – Emperor Constantine the Great

The Great Emperor Constantine’s victory at Milvian Bridge in AD 312 forever changed the path of Western civilization as we know it. by Ludwig Heinrich…

The largest battlefield isn’t on land, it’s on the seabed. Dr Innes McCartney has mapped the whole battlefield for his new book

  HMS Invincible sinking The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the First World War.…

The Bone Collector of Guadalcanal

Seventy years after the last rifle shot, Japanese soldiers are still going home. Roderick Eime, sends one fallen warrior on his way. He’d lay there…

Kamikaze Pilots: Japan’s Suicide Squad in WWII

  “Transcend life and death. Eliminate all thoughts about your life and your death. Only then you will disregard your earthly life totally. You will…

21 Sad Images Of Bombed Out Cologne – You Wouldn’t Have Seen Many Of These Images Before

The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II, including 31 times by the Royal…

USS Arizona: 1,177 Crying Tears

USS Arizona, a sunken warship, weeps black tears for her dead. And although the natural beauty of Oahu—lush vegetation, crystal water, and volcanic mountains—should be…

The Praetorian Guard: A Double-Edged Sword

By Ludwig Heinrich Dyck / ludwigheinrichdyck.wordpress.com The Praetorian Guard evolved from the bodyguard of the Republican army commander, the ‘consul’ whose original name waspraetor.  When Augustus…

War Mystery Solved – P-38 Lightning & Remains recovered

The Solomons continue to throw up mysteries from the turbulent years of WWII. One mystery solved recently has been with the rediscovery of a P-38…